TY - BOOK AU - Siers,Robyn ED - Australia. ED - Australian War Memorial TI - Devotion: stories of Australia's wartime nurses T2 - Century of service SN - 9781877007835 (paperback) AV - UH495.A8 S53 2013 U1 - 355.3450994 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Canberra, ACT PB - Department of Veterans Affairs in association with the Australian War Memorial KW - Australia KW - Army KW - Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) KW - History KW - Armed Forces KW - Nurses KW - Personal narratives KW - Juvenile literature KW - Australian Army Medical Women's Service KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Medical care KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Women in war KW - South African War, 1899-1902 KW - Military nursing KW - fast KW - Women soldiers KW - Study and teaching KW - Women KW - Australian KW - Curriculum collection N1 - Education resource for primary and secondary; Includes bibliographical references (p. 51) and index; A pioneer of the profession : Matron Nellie Gould -- Beginning in Egypt : Sister Nellie Morrice -- Snapshots of Lemnos : Matron Grace Wilson -- Courage under fire : Sister Pearl Corkhill -- To stay or go : Matron Kathleen Best -- Nurses in captitivy : Sisters Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel -- The sinking of the Centaur : Sister Ellen Savage -- "Flying Angel" : Sister Beryl Chandler -- Nurse in Japan, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam : Colonel Nell Espie -- Aero-medical evacuation nurse : Squadron Leader Patricia Furbank -- Caring for children : Commander Terrence Slader -- Emergency nurse : Captain Roneel Chandra; Primary and lower secondary school students; Also available online. Address as at 24/04/2013; http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf N2 - Devotion explores the contribution and courage of Australian nurses in conflicts and peacekeeping operations from the Boer War to the present. This new commemorative publication, written as a joint project between the Australian War Memorial and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, is the first book in the Century of service series and is aimed at primary and lower secondary school students. It features stories and images from the Memorial’s rich collection, along with questions for discussion, a map and timeline UR - http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf UR - http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf UR - http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf UR - http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf ER -